Yessar Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Yessar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 82 | 1:49,937 | 3,683 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Yessar (94) may also be a first name.
Yessar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yessar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yessar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺴﺎﺭ, Marathi: यसार) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yessar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,994,173rd most frequently used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Yessar live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Yessar is also the 980,251st most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 94 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 49,937. In Mauritania Yessar is primarily found in: Trarza Region, where 45 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 21 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Mauritania it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 5 percent reside and Algeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yessar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yessar in the Marathi language | ||
| यसार | yasara | - |
| Yessar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﺴﺎﺭ | ysar | 85.37 |
| ﻳﺼﺎﺭ | ysar | 7.32 |
| ﺍﻳﺼﺎﺭﻩ | aysarh | 4.88 |
| ﺍﻟﻴﺴﺎﺭ | alysar | 2.44 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yessar
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